Area Boy Scout preparing community Coverage on local fall for active shooter - Page 13 festivities - Page 5 www.harveycountynow.com - Newton, KS Vol. 3: No. 10 Thursday, October 19, 2017 USPS (17818) $1.25 New facility not finished yet, but has waiting list Apartments being constructed behind Wal-Mart taking names with demand high. BY BLAKE SPURNEY SPECIAL TO NEWTON NOW About 70 percent of the 63 units being con- structed by Prairie View Development Group be- hind Wal-Mart have been framed, and the company will begin reviewing applications for new residents in January. PHOTOS BY WENDY NUGENT/NEWTON NOW “The need for this type of project is every- From left, the Breadbasket owner Chad Lehman, and employees Alyssa Rogers and Kati Jackson make verenike on Friday afternoon for where,” said Kelley Hrabe, president of the Tabor College in Hillsboro. Kansas City, Mo.-based company. Prairie View is committed to providing afford- able living space along the Interstate 135 corridor. It is erecting similar units in Moundridge and McPherson, and the company is in discussions with Salina and Hesston about doing similar proj- ects. A local staple "There's a lot of pent-up demand for rental product, quality rental product,” Hrabe said. After the housing market crash in 2007, which Verenike: Restaurant makes Fall Fest, Taste of Newton tradition led to the Great Recession, underwriting restric- tions became stricter. That made it harder for peo- BY WENDY NUGENT ple to obtain mortgages. Another factor added into NEWTON NOW STAFF the mix is a lack of supply of rental properties in
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